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TEXT 19
sri-bhagavan uvaca
vedaham te vyavasitam
hrdi rajanya-balaka
tat prayacchami bhadram te
durapam api suvrata
SYNONYMS
sri-bhagavan uvacathe Personality of Godhead said; vedaknow; ahamI; teyour; vyavasitamdetermination; hrdiwithin the heart; rajanya-balakaO son of the King; tatthat; prayacchamiI shall give you; bhadramall good fortune; teunto you; durapamalthough it is very difficult to obtain; apiin spite of; su-vrataone who has taken a pious vow.
TRANSLATION
The Personality of Godhead said: My dear Dhruva, son of the King, you have executed pious vows, and I also know the desire within your heart. Although your desire is very ambitious and very difficult to fulfill, I shall favor you with its fulfillment. All good fortune unto you.
PURPORT
The Lord is so merciful to His devotee that He immediately said to Dhruva Maharaja, Let there be all good fortune for you. The fact is that Dhruva Maharaja was very much afraid in his mind, for he had aspired after material benefit in discharging his devotional service and this was hampering him from reaching the stage of love of God. In the Bhagavad-gita (2.44) it is said, bhogaisvarya-prasaktanam: those who are addicted to material pleasure cannot be attracted to devotional service. It was true that at heart Dhruva Maharaja wanted a kingdom that would be far better than Brahmaloka. This was a natural desire for a ksatriya. He was also only five years old, and in his childish way he desired to have a kingdom far greater than his fathers, grandfathers or great-grandfathers. His father, Uttanapada, was the son of Manu, and Manu was the son of Lord Brahma. Dhruva wanted to excel all these great family members. The Lord knew Dhruva Maharajas childish ambition, but how was it possible to offer Dhruva a position more exalted than Lord Brahmas?
The Lord assured Dhruva Maharaja that Dhruva would not be bereft of the Lords love. He encouraged Dhruva not to be worried that he childishly had material desires and at the same time had the pure aspiration to be a great devotee. Generally, the Lord does not award a pure devotee material opulence, even though he may desire it. But Dhruva Maharajas case was different. The Lord knew that he was such a great devotee that in spite of having material opulence he would never be deviated from love of God. This example illustrates that a highly qualified devotee can have the facility of material enjoyment and at the same time execute love of God. This, however, was a special case for Dhruva Maharaja.
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